Rubens - Carnivalesque

February 2007 will see the release of the stunning debut album by Scottish duo Rubens titled “Carnivalesque”. Mark and Gordon (Rubens) have been with Herb Recordings since the very start almost, releasing their “Breaking Into Smile” track on the Herb compilation album “Natural Environments”. The “Carnivalesque” album will see Rubens firmly established as one of the most exciting new acts emerging from the UK today.

vertical hold
breaking into smile
giraffe
bank holiday
ferris wheel
cayla's third
puggies
blue belles burn slowly
winter broth
after now is next

Carnivalesque will be available both on CD and digital download formats.
Full length HI-FI album previews are available from the Rubens Myspace Page
Enjoy the herb!

Last Night's Playlist for XFM Dublin

Johnathan Hardy: "Sonar" [Works For Me] Herb
Austech: "Crunching Eggs" [Music #1] Herb
Bola: Triangle [Shapes] Skam
Technasia: "The Awakening" (Technasia Rise Mix) [Recreations]
Technasia Wavescape: "Track Three" [The Third] 4th Wave
Blamstrain: "Nyt Revisited" [Disfold] Sending Orbs
Sven Vath: "Harlequin Plays Bells" (Alter Ego Hells Bells Mix) [Freestyle Candies] Klang Elektronik Entec:
"Haunted Dreams" [http://www.myspace.com/entec] unreleased Troubleshooter:
"Switch-Flicker" [Switch-Flicker] Iwari Zorn:
"This Was Supposed To Be The Future" [All We Can Do Is Enjoy The Ride] Lux Nigra
Mosca: "The Tyranny Of Beauty" [Of Need And Belonging] Herb
Lustmord: "Dark Companion" [The Place Where The Black Stars Hang] Soleil Moon Mick Chillage: "Control Room" [http://www.myspace.com/mickchillage] unreleased Massonix: "Forests Of Crespo (Kelp Forest Range)" [Subtracks]
Skam Cycloid: "Advanced" Fax
Lackluster: "Screech" [Repulsine] Slsk http://www.xfmdublin.com

Happy Christmas From Herb Recordings at Last FM

for a short while leading up to the festive period, you will be able to get full length, hifi streaming previews of a wide selection of our catalogue at Last FM

Happy Christmas from Herb Recordings

Mixed Herbs

solipsism - mixed herbs

cheju - mixed herbs

Things To Look Forward To in 2007

We've got some new releases lined up for 2007 that we're really excited about. First up will be the highly anticipated "Carnivalesque" from Rubens. The guys from Rubens have been with Herb almost from the very start and they've been busy working on this album until now. The word on the grapevine is that the album is now finished and will be ready for release in early 2007.



You can check out full length previews of the album at their myspace page here.

Following on from that we will have the new album by Minuit De Lacroix who lives in the lovely city of Barcelona. Minuit's new album is a top secret affair and as such, we don't have any streaming previews as of yet. Stay tuned for updates though on this gifted and diverse artist.




Following on from Minuit's release with be the new release by solipsism called "Electricity Flows In Squares". This will be the 3rd release on Herb that solipsism has written along with Ed Drury and it is another release we are all looking forward to. Never neglecting their ambient roots, the album is a warm and solid blend of intricately layered ambient soundscapes and up front, overtly electronic beats that shifts seamlessly from one track to the next.



You can hear full length, hi fi previews of Electricity Flows In Squares at it's dedicated album page here.

XFM Dublin

the groovy guys over at XFM Dublin are going to be featuring herb artists over the coming weeks on their chillage idiots show.

Chillage Idiots At XFM Dublin

Herb Press Release

Herb Recordings Catalogue Now At Itunes